Unlike many other instruments developed for adults and adapted for adolescents, the MACI assessment was specifically created to address the unique concerns, pressures and situations facing teens. This dedicated tool, recently enhanced by the addition of the Grossman Facet Scales, helps assess personality patterns as well as self-reported concerns and clinical symptoms. Brief and easy to administer, the MACI test can assist practitioners in constructing treatment plans customized to individual needs—and help them guide troubled youth toward healthier, more authentic lives.

New Grossman Facet Scales zero in on critical issues

The test is well-suited for use in all teen treatment settings, including outpatient, inpatient, day treatment and residential treatment programs. Psychologists, psychiatrists, school psychologists, juvenile justice professionals and other mental health professionals find this versatile instrument essential in helping to:

Conduct detailed evaluations to confirm diagnostic hypotheses

Create individualized treatment plans

Measure progress before, during and after treatment

Key Features

To help you formulate more precise treatment plans, the new Grossman Facet Scales identify personality processes (e.g., self-image, mood temperament) that underlie overall scale elevations on the Personality Pattern scales. Each personality scale now has three facet scales, for which results are presented in the automated reports.

Using an age-appropriate format, the MACI test helps measure a number of factors closely associated with adolescents, including Sexual Discomfort, Substance Abuse Proneness, Suicidal Tendency and Eating Dysfunctions.

Taking 30 minutes or less to complete, the MACI test is designed to obtain the maximum amount of information with a minimal amount of the test-taker's effort—a feature that mental health professionals have found especially helpful in working with adolescents.

Grossman Facet Scales

Personality Patterns

Corresponding Grossman Facet Scales

Personality Patterns and Corresponding Grossman Facet Scales

Scale 1Introversive

Scale 1.1

Expressively Impassive

Scale 1.2

Temperamentally Apathetic

Scale 1.3

Interpersonally Unengaged

Scale 2AInhibited

Scale 2A.1

Expressively Fretful

Scale 2A.2

Interpersonally Aversive

Scale 2A.3

Alienated Self-Image

Scale 2BDoleful

Scale 2B.1

Temperamentally Woeful

Scale 2B.2

Expressively Disconsolate

Scale 2B.3

Cognitively Pessimistic

Scale 3Submissive

Scale 3.1

Interpersonally Docile

Scale 3.2

Temperamentally Pacific

Scale 3.3

Expressively Incompetent

Scale 4Dramatizing

Scale 4.1

Interpersonally Attention-Seeking

Scale 4.2

Gregarious Self-Image

Scale 4.3

Cognitively Flighty

Scale 5Egotistic

Scale 5.1

Admirable Self-Image

Scale 5.2

Cognitively Expansive

Scale 5.3

Interpersonally Exploitive

Scale 6AUnruly

Scale 6A.1

Expressively Impulsive

Scale 6A.2

Acting-Out Mechanism

Scale 6A.3

Interpersonally Irresponsible

Scale 6BForceful

Scale 6B.1

Interpersonally Abrasive

Scale 6B.2

Expressively Precipitate

Scale 6B.3

Isolation Mechanism

Scale 7Conforming

Scale 7.1

Expressively Disciplined

Scale 7.2

Interpersonally Respectful

Scale 7.3

Conscientious Self-Image

Scale 8AOppositional

Scale 8A.1

Discontented Self-Image

Scale 8A.2

Expressively Resentful

Scale 8A.3

Interpersonally Contrary

Scale 8BSelf-Demeaning

Scale 8B.1

Cognitively Diffident

Scale 8B.2

Undeserving Self-Image

Scale 8B.3

Temperamentally Dysphoric

Scale 9Borderline Tendency

Scale 9.1

Temperamentally Labile

Scale 9.2

Cognitively Capricious

Scale 9.3

Uncertain Self-Image

Interpretive Report

Based on individual test results, this report provides an in-depth analysis that brings critical concerns to light and includes treatment strategies specifically developed to address teen-related issues. In addition, diagnostic recommendations are aligned with DSM–IV® classifications, helping to ensure the test's clinical utility and facilitate communication among practitioners. The report also includes a profile of base rate scores for the scales.

Profile Report

The profile report provides base rate scores for all 27 scales and 3 modifying indices in an easy-to-read graph. This convenient report can help quickly identify clients who may require more intensive evaluation.